---
id: getting-started.how-does-storage-studio-update-itself
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/getting-started/how-does-storage-studio-update-itself
category: "Getting started"
subcategory: "Updates"
question: "Do I have to quit Storage Studio before installing an update?"
alt_questions:
  - "Does Storage Studio update itself?"
  - "Storage Studio auto update"
  - "How do Storage Studio updates work?"
  - "Do I drag the new version to Applications?"
  - "Storage Studio replace the app when updating"
short_answer: "No. Open the newer version's disk image while Storage Studio is running and it updates itself in place and relaunches. It only accepts a genuinely newer, Apple-verified build, so an old copy can't downgrade it."
tags: ["update", "auto update"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/getting-started/how-do-i-update-storage-studio"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Do I have to quit Storage Studio before installing an update?

No. If Storage Studio is running when you open the installer disk image for a newer version, it recognises it, updates itself in place and relaunches on the new version — no quitting and no dragging to Applications.

It only does this for a version that is genuinely newer **and** verified by Apple as coming from us. An older or untrusted disk image is simply ignored, so opening a stale copy can never downgrade or replace your app.

The companion SS Bridge app updates itself the same way.